Hand combat weapon



May ll, 1948- J. Dl VEGLlA HAND COMBAT WEAPON Filed July 21, 1944INVENTOR. cfose ajz QA'VQJZL'Q Patented May 11, 1948 11 N IT so PAT; I I2.441.415 v Joseph Di Veglia, Scot-ia,- ,=Na 7 Application July 21,1944,,Serial No. 545,961

as an effective thrust eithente the right oi 'to tlie left as theweapon-is wielded-toward the foe, in hand to hand combat with the enemy;piercing, cutting and slashing said enemy even unto d'e'a-thi It is afurther objectof 'this ihventiorr td-produce a stationary thrust bladewith a forward cutting edge or edges in combination with a cuttingedgeat each end of said stationary blade whereby said stationary bladewill also be effective in cutting and slashing the foe.

Other features of novelty and utility will appear from a description ofthe drawing which is merely illustrative of an embodiment of myinvention.

Figure 1 is an elevation of one side view of my invention showing onlyone blade locking element.

Figure 2 is an elevation of one edge of my invention having a pluralityof cutting blades.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of my invention as depicted inFigure 2 having some of the blades in projected position and in whichthe lock for one of the pivoted blades is omitted.

Figure 4 is a section similar to Figure 3 showing one blade in closedposition and the other blade in an open position with both blade locksomitted.

Figure 5 is a cross section on the line 5--5 of Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a cross section on the line 6-45 of Figure 3.

Figures 1 to 6, inclusive, disclose an illustrative embodiment of myinvention displaying a plurality of blades, two of which are projectablefrom a closed position to an open and locked position. The thrust blade9 is provided with a hand hole 2 and a rear portion In that is fittedand secured between grip pieces or scales G, the springs M, the bladetangs I3, I3 and the liners H, H. Blades l2 and I2 are provided withtangs l3 and I3. The tangs l3 and I3 are apertured and are pivotallylocated in the end portions of the handle and engage the liners and therear portion of the blade structure 9 on the inner sides of the tangsl3, 13. The tangs also engage end portions of steel springs l4 and I4.Said springs have a substantially centrally located aperturedenlargement Me and Me extending toward and into the hand hole 2. One endI 4f of each spring is free a hand: grip, a plurality of proictablebladesiantl htli's'tblade Gbthe-liners Il', l l the-springs 1 4, lanurui'e b1ac'rtangs I3; is are seizure-d getiier *byneadedbblts or:rivets is; W, It; 19: secret asclearly: disclosed in the drawing? blades1-2. l2 are bevelled 'and sharpened front 1 thetarigZportions thereof totn'eir'i tips or some. 'Theoppos'ite edges dfi the bladesiarepevelledand reduced to define pointed end portions which are also sharpened forsome distance to and from the points throughout a minor portion of saidblades. The blades l2 and I2 are substantially as long as the hand gripwhich carries them in pivotal relation to said grip.

The forward portion of the thrust blade 9 is provided with a serratededge portion defining coplanar spaced teeth 2! having their inclinededges 22 as well as their forward edges 23 bevelled and sharpened. Theend edges 24 and 24 are also bevelled and sharpened.

In order to prevent the blades l2 and I2 from pivoting into the path ofthe operators hand when about the grip, I have provided locking means 25having a strut arm 26, provided with a face portion adapted to engagethe notched portion 21 in a tang of the pivoted blade. The locking meansis also provided with an operating arm 28 which is adapted to engage thegrip or handle within the hand hole 2. The hand of the operator holdingthe weapon maintains the locking means in blade locking position whenthe blades are fully opened.

Although I have not shown on the drawings a locking means for eachpivoted blade, I have shown one locking means only. Since the otherlocking means for the other blade is identical, it

was deemed unnecessary to show both of them on the drawings. Also forthe sake of brevity, the locking means has been shown to the right onlyof Figure 3, and a portion of said locking means 25 to the right ofFigure 1.

It is to be noted that the intermediate thrust blade 9 is provided witha serrated edge portion defining teeth 2|. Since all the edges 22 and 23are sharpened the sharpened edge of the serrated portion presents asubstantially continuous cutting edge extending along the blade 9 andcontinued along portions of the ends of the blade 9 as indicated at 24and 24.

The sharpened edges 24 and 24' are substantially in the path defined bythrust blades [2 and I2 so that in making a swinging lateral thrust withthe blade I2 foremost it may be that the blade 12 may miss or fall shortof contacting the foe but nevertheless the cutting edge portion 24'following in the same path may contact the foe and injure him severely.

In making a forward thrust the blade 9 may miss the foe and in such casethe foe may be severely injured by either the blade I2 or l2.

It appears to be clear that all of the blades bear a definite relationto each other to produce the essential components of an effective handwielded weapon.

Having shown and described my said invention, what I claim is:

1. A weapon comprising a blade having a, hand hole therein locatedbetween the forward and rear portions thereof in combination with scalepieces forming grip portions secured to the rear portion of said bladeand surrounding substantially one-half of said hand hole to define ahandle, the forward portion of said blade being provided with serrationsforming teeth having inclined edges, said teeth projecting forwardly andaway from said hand hole, each end of said blade being bevelled andsharpened from an end tooth to said handle, the tips of the teeth andthe inclined edges thereof being bevelled and sharpened substantially asshown and described.

2. In a weapon, the subcombination comprising a thrust blade having ahand hole substantially centrally located in said blade, said bladehaving a, forward cutting portion and a rear securing portion, saidcutting portion having a serrated edge portion defining forwardlyprojecting teeth having inclined edges, said teeth being arranged incoplanar relation, said teeth having their inclined edges and theforward portions of the teeth bevelled and sharpened, said rear portionof said blade having suitably located apertures for securement of saidblad to hand grip scale pieces.

3. The construction set forth in claim 2 in which the cutting portion ofsaid blade is provided with bevelled and sharpened end portions toprovide for lateral thrusts of said blade either to the right or to theleft in combat.

JOSEPH DI VEGLIA.

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UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 292,473 Dieterich Jan. 29, 1884382,591 Cowles May 8, 1888 730,025 Kaufmann Jun 2, 1903 829,353 RandAug. 21, 1906 1,023,741 Kreith Apr. 16, 1912 2,333,241 Foster Nov. 2,1943 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 127,777 Great Britain June 12,1919

